by macombnow | Jul 27, 2020
One Room Schoolhouse By Denis LeDuc Fall has arrived with its soft golden light. Trees are beginning to turn color, laughter is heard from the school yard at recess, and the school bell rings – calling the children back from recess and from the long recess of summer....
by macombnow | Jul 26, 2020
Patient Caregivers By Tracey Moro The Sigma Gamma Association began in the early 1900s with local young women meeting for social activities, which later led to organized charitable activities for children and raising money for local hospitals. After the polio outbreak...
by macombnow | Sep 19, 2019
By Denis LeDuc“I was in Mount Clemens … last week and went to the old track to walk around it … Before I left I closed my eyes and … thought I could hear those old motors screaming down the backstretch again.” Rex Manglos “So many memories from the Fast Track as it...
by macombnow | Sep 18, 2019
By Denis LeDucHorse harnesses, logging chains and rolls of cable hang from the ceiling. Cans of paint, varnish, turpentine, and oil line the shelves. Pitchforks, hoes and rakes stand in the corner and displays of cigars, chewing tobacco and candy cover the...
by macombnow | Mar 15, 2019
By Denis LeDucImperial Japan had invaded China in 1937 and threatened to overrun all of Asia and the Pacific. The genocidal regime of Adolph Hitler and the German Nazis had invaded Poland in 1939. Having perfected a new type of tank warfare called “blitzkrieg,” the...